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How to Make, and Keep, New Year’s Financial Resolutions

Experts offered a variety of suggestions, including paring your list of goals, making saving automatic and avoiding spending temptations like marketing emails.

By Ann Carrns

Minimum Wage Rises in Some States as Workers Struggle With Basic Costs

This year, for the first time, more workers will live in states with a minimum wage of at least $15 per hour than in states with the federal minimum of $7.25.

By Audra D. S. Burch

Strategies

After Three Hot Years, Will Stock Markets Sizzle Again?

Returns have been fabulous but consider the potential for setbacks in this already hazardous year, our columnist says.

By Jeff Sommer

U.S. Hiring Continues at Modest Pace, but Weaknesses Are Evident

The unemployment rate fell in December, but job growth across 2025 was the lowest in five years.

By Talmon Joseph Smith

Trump Calls for 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Cap, After Killing Other Fee Limits

The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office.

By Stacy Cowley

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Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say

A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from 45 percent in 1953.

By Adam Liptak

Wall St. Shows Signs of Anxiety on Fed Threat

A broader shift out of U.S. financial assets would revive last year’s trend called the “sell America” trade.

By Eshe Nelson

work Friend

Why Doesn’t My Boss Respect Sick Days?

Plus, the impossibility of being a middle manager.

By Max Read